Shashank Sharma from Mohali’s preparatory institute tops NDA

Over 5 lakh students appeared in the NDA exam for entry to the armed forces this year. Of these, two in the top Ten including All-India Rank , 1 Nangal’s Shashank Sharma and Muktsar’s Armaandeep Singh, AIR 8— are from the same institute in Chandigarh.With 25 selections of 41 students who appeared (the exam was held in September), the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), in Sector-77 Chandigarh, a Punjab government institute set up in 2011, has been a consistent success. 12 of the institute’s students are in top 100. Students at the AFPI do their Classes 11 and 12 from Shemrock Senior Secondary School, Sector 69, SAS Nagar. Shashank’s father Dinesh Kumar Sharma belongs to Manakpur village in Nangal. Shashank’s mother is a teacher. Armaandeep Singh, the son of a farmer from Muktsar, said, “I was hopeful of a good position but never thought, I will get be ranked 8th.”